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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2018
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RED RIVER RIVALRY
Editor’s Note: In the spirit of the Red River Rivalry this Saturday, The Daily Texan and OU Daily have exhanged editorials.
Dear Oklahoma,
It’s not your fault. Some say the “university” in Norman is simply a victim of its own circumstance. In reality, y’all might have an education worth paying for if the money spent bribing your players went toward a respectable salary for your teachers. But we’re not here to talk about the 77.6 percent acceptance rate at your community college, or how all of you had to settle for your second-choice school. Let’s
focus on the game. The good news is that we hear there is a pretty talented football team up there. The only problem is that we can’t find any national titles to account for it. Baker Mayfield seemingly beat everybody, except Georgia and the Fayetteville Police Department. Speaking of first round exits, congratulations to the Oklahoma City Thunder on permanently landing a second star player to play alongside Russell
Westbrook. It worked out so well the first time. It’s a shame y’all now have to watch a former Longhorn do what nobody in the state has figured out how to do since 2000: win when it counts. But back to Mayfield. We here at UT are actually fond of the crotch-grabbing, Longhorn wannabe. Do we regret not recruiting Baker? Maybe. Actually, yes. Seriously, if Baker was given the opportunity to stay in Austin, the Longhorns might not have
gone 5–7 in back-to-back years, or lose to … y’all know. We actually beat Kansas in a 42-27 barn burner last year, so by rule, the jokes have to stop. Right? Let’s get back on track. Although Mayfield may be old news, he perfectly sums up what it means to be a Sooner, owning Oklahoma’s role as the middle child of the south. We saw what the video
OKLAHOMA
Dear Texas,
We’re not going to lie, we’re tired of writing this column. Year-in and year-out, we dominate the column and the game, so this year we decided to do something a little different. We’re going to let our Heisman
Trophy winner and No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft Baker Mayfield speak for us: “You come to Oklahoma to beat Texas. I was born and raised in Austin, they didn’t recruit me. (I) grew up 15 minutes from their
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campus — can’t stand ‘em. Anything they do, I don’t care ... “I can’t stand them. Just no. End of story.” Sincerely, The University of Oklahoma
mel westfall
| the daily texan staff
NEWS
OPINION
LIFE&ARTS
SPORTS
A recent FBI report reveals increases in property and violent crimes. PA G E 2
Students can step up to make this year’s flu season easier for everyone. PA G E 4
The ACL lineup features local artists whose music hits close to home. PA G E 8
Texas sets out to continue win streak as they face Oklahoma. PA G E 7
UNIVERSITY
CAMPUS
UTPD releases annual crime report, finds increase in sexual assault
Automatic toilets fail to conserve water
By Megan Menchaca @MeganMenchaca13
Violent crime and property crime on campus increased last year, according to data released last week by the FBI. Compared to 13 violent crimes in 2016, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report
shows 15 violent crimes occurred on campus in 2017. These 15 counts included one count of homicide, six counts of rape, three counts of robbery and five counts of aggravated assault. The number of property crimes also increased from 337 in 2016 to 380 in 2017. The 380 counts included
17 counts of burglary, 355 counts of petty theft and eight motor vehicle thefts. UT Police Chief David Carter said the increase is due to more students reporting crimes. “We see some of the increase as not necessarily a negative thing because people are actually sharing information,” Carter said.
“Police officers are receiving the reports where we might not have received them in the past.” Carter said the majority of property crime involved more bicycle thefts, while the majority of the violent crime involved interpersonal violence and violence between people
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FBI Reports of Violent Crime and Property Crime at UT increase
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By Savana Dunning @savanaish
Some students who use the automatic toilets in the Belo Media Center have noticed their motion sensors have a bit of a sensitivity issue. “The toilet flushed four times and I only needed it to flush once,” public relations junior Emily Clohessy said. “I feel like it’s a waste of water, but there’s nothing I can do to control it. I don’t know what I’m supposed to do about it.” This phenomenon is called the “phantom flush,” and is common with automatic toilets. It happens when the motion sensor that triggers the flush valve on the toilet malfunctions, causing it to flush multiple times per use. This can not only be annoying, but can potentially waste gallons and gallons of water. Belo facilities manager Herbert Woerndell said he does not receive a lot of complaints about automatic toilets, but he does see the problems that arise with them. “I prefer manual,” Woerndell said. “The cost to maintain them is a lot less, and you conserve more water with manual … flush. With an auto flush, if you move a certain way, they flush when they don’t need to. They fail more often.”
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UT improved water conservation in campus restrooms in 2008 when it upgraded all of the toilets to a low-flow system that makes each flush use 1.2 gallons instead of the usual 1.6 gallons. This saves the University an average of 57 million gallons of water per year. Even though automatic toilets and manual flush toilets both use the same amount of water per flush, automatic toilets still use 54 percent more water than their manual equivalents, according to a 2010 Maximum Performance Testing report by John Koeller, a Yorba Linda-based engineer and water efficiency expert, and his Toronto-based colleague Bill Gauley. Pat Mazur, UT’s building energy and resource steward, said he usually recommends buildings use manual toilets because they are less expensive to maintain and fail less frequently, but automatic toilets are often preferred by building designers because they are seen as more accessible and sanitary. “We have it in our standards to allow the automatic toilets in the event that someone is handicapped and they can’t reach the lever,” Mazur said. “That’s one reason. Another is that sometimes people don’t want to touch
TOILETS
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